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Post by diane on May 31, 2015 23:00:53 GMT -5
I must have sown the seeds last year but didn't notice the plants till now when I noticed big clumps of flower buds.
I've never grown bunching onions before so don't know when they are supposed to be eaten. Do they form perennial clumps like chives? Should I just use the leaves, or pull up individual plants from the clump and eat them bulb and all? Will they be too tough now that they are about to flower?
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Post by Al on Jun 4, 2015 2:55:32 GMT -5
Crimson Forest are a really nice looking onion. I am just learning the best way to crop these types of Welsh / Japanese bunching onions. I love my non-flowering perennial bunching onion (Perutile?), which is at its best at this time of year. The flowering types I have are; Red Welsh & Kaigaro, like your Crimson Forest mine are in their second year so are trying to flower, the flowering stalks are rather tough. I have broken off a lot of the flowers to encourage bunching / new offsets. Probably it is best to eat these in the Spring before flowering if you are lifting entire clumps. Snipping tender leaves like chives can probably be done anytime. I think the perennial bunching onion is better eating but at least Crimson Forest is a handsome plant & the flowers will look good, bees seem to like them.
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